Any US military role in Afghanistan after peace would be conditions-based, US Secretary of Defense James Mattis said on Tuesday. “Any US military, coalition role after the peace is reached would be conditions-based worked out with the Afghan government depending on the threat,” Mattis said during a discussion at the US Institute of Peace. According to Mattis, the new US […]

The United States National Security Advisor (NSA) John Bolton and Secretary of State Micheal Pompeo held separate talks with Pakistan Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi in Washington, where issues in Afghanistan dominated the separate meetings. Qureshi is visiting Washington on Pompeo’s invitation, who had visited Islamabad earlier this month to hold talks with the newly elected government.

At least 24 militants were killed and 6 wounded in military offensives carried out by Afghan security forces within the past day. The defense ministry in a statement said that Afghan National Army in collaboration with Afghan National Police and National Directorate of Security launched joint operations against insurgents in different areas in Ghazni, Logar, Helmand, Nimroz, Kunar, Nangarhar, Kandahar, […]

Pakistan’s Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi on Tuesday held comprehensive meetings with US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and National Security Advisor John Bolton, to discuss bilateral ties, regional security and issues of mutual interests.